Boot and shoe.



P. 3. EN0. BOOT AND SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1914.

1,1 10,121, Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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FRANK F. END, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ENG WELT SHOE COMPANY, A CORPORATION 01 MASSi iCl-IUSETTS.

BOOT AND SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914,

1/ b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fran F. Eno, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jamaica Plain district, city of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Boots and Shoes, ofv which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying the same and forming a part thereof.

My invent-ion relates to boots and shoes and the method of manufacturing the same.

The objects of my invention are to make a boot or shoe wherein means are provided for lasting and securing the upper to the inner sole, which means consists of securing a strip or welt of material to the inner sole so that the inwardly extending ed e of the strip or welt will be free, and of ther after lasting and securing the upper to the inwardly extending portion of the strip or welt.

A further object is to secure a welting strip to the inner sole and upper of the shoe by fastenings, such as stitching, riveting, tacking, or the like, which fastenings extend through the welting-strip, the upper and lining, where there is a lining, and said first-mentioned strip or welt, so that the welting-strip extends outwardly beyond the edges of the shoe upper a sufficient distance so that the outer sole may be secured to said welting-strip by stitching, riveting, nailing, or other-securing means.

In the drawings accompanying this specification Figure 1 represents a side-elevation of a boot or shoe made in accordance with the method disclosed herein; and Fig. 2 is a section showing the method of securing the upper to the inner sole and of securing the outer sole to the upper.

In the drawings, 1 represents the upper of a boot or shoe, and 2 the outer sole thereof. The outer sole and upper are united through the medium of the innersole 3 and the strip or welt at secured to it, preferably by the stitching 5, but other suitable fastening means may be used when found desirable. This strip or welt 4 has an inwardly extending free portion, and in the process of assembling the upper l and the inner-sole 3 by the process of lasting, the edge of the upper 6 is drawn over the strip or welt f so that its edge may be fastened to the said strip or welt t by means of tacks, nails or stitching through the upper and the free inwardly extending edge of the strip or welt t may be employed.

After the upper 1 and the inwardly extending edge of the strip or welt 4 arosecured together, a welting-strip 8 is thereafter secured to the upper and the strip or welt 4, preferably by stitching or by other suitable fastening means, so as to leave the edge 10 of the welting-strip 8 extending outwardly beyond the body of the shoe upper a sufficient distance so that thereafter the outer sole 2 may be united to the welting-- strip 8 by any suitable fastening means, preferably by stitching, thus uniting the innor sole, outer sole and upper firmly together in a completed shoe.

Tn the manufacture of boots and shoes by this process it is usual to fill the space 11 by any suitable filling means such as is commonly used in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

I do not confine myself to the exact size and form of the various parts, or the exact location of the fastening means for fastening the various parts together, or the type of fastening means used, which in the illustration consists of stitching and tacks, as any other suitable means for fastening the various parts together maybe used, or the for n and size of the parts may be varied, as desired. Furthermore, I do not limit my invention to a boot of the type illustrated, as my invention is equally applicable to what is known as Oxfords, low shoes, pumps, slippers, and other types of footwear.

i i hat- I claim is 1. A hoot or shoe arranged for the subsequentattaohment of a second welt and an outer sole, consisting of an inner sole, a welt or strip of material secured to the outer face of the inner sole by fastening means located in close proximity to the outer edge of both such inner sole andwelt, the inner edge of said welt'being free from such inner sole, and an upper permanently secured to the free inwardly extending portion of said welt or strip.

2. In a boot or shoe, the combination of an upper, an inner sole, a strip or welt of material secured to the edge of the inner sole so as to leave said welt with a free inwardly extending portion, fastening means securing the upper to said strip or welt, and a nun second Welt strip secured by additional fastening means to said first mentioned Welt or strip and upper.

3. in a boot or shoe, the combination of an inner sole, a strip or Welt of material secured to the outer face of the inner s le in close proximity to the outer edge of both the Welt and inner sole so as to leave the inner edge of such Welt free from the inner sole, a shoe upper, fastening means for securingsaid upper to the free inwardly extending portion of said strip or Welt, a second Welting strip, additional means for fasing Witnesses, this the 5th day of May, A. D. 20

FRANK EN 0.

Witnesses P. TV. PEZZETH, H. M. KELso.

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